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<h1 align="center">MSGCOMM</h1>

<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
<a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br>
<a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br>
<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>

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<h2>NAME
<a name="NAME"></a>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">msgcomm -
match two message catalogs</p>

<h2>SYNOPSIS
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>msgcomm</b>
[<i>OPTION</i>] [<i>INPUTFILE</i>]...</p>

<h2>DESCRIPTION
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Find messages
which are common to two or more of the specified PO files.
By using the <b>--more-than</b> option,
greater commonality may be requested before messages are
printed. Conversely, the
<b>--less-than</b> option may be used to
specify less commonality before messages are printed (i.e.
<b>--less-than</b>=<i>2</i> will only
print the unique messages). Translations, comments and
extracted comments will be preserved, but only from the
first PO file to define them. File positions from all PO
files will be cumulated.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
location:</b> <br>
INPUTFILE ...</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input files</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-f</b>,
<b>--files-from</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">get list of input files from
FILE</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-D</b>,
<b>--directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">add DIRECTORY to list for input
files search</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If input file
is -, standard input is read.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
location: <br>
-o</b>,
<b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified
file</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The results are
written to standard output if no output file is specified or
if it is -.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Message
selection:</b> <br>
-&lt;,
<b>--less-than</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">print messages with less than
this many definitions, defaults to infinite if not set</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;">-&gt;,
<b>--more-than</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">print messages with more than
this many definitions, defaults to 1 if not set</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-u</b>,
<b>--unique</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">shorthand for
<b>--less-than</b>=<i>2</i>, requests that
only unique messages be printed</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
syntax: <br>
-P</b>,
<b>--properties-input</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input files are in Java
.properties syntax</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--stringtable-input</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input files are in
NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output
details: <br>
--color</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text
attributes always</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--color</b>=<i>WHEN</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text
attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be &rsquo;always&rsquo;,
&rsquo;never&rsquo;, &rsquo;auto&rsquo;, or
&rsquo;html&rsquo;.</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--style</b>=<i>STYLEFILE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">specify CSS style rule file for
<b>--color</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-e</b>,
<b>--no-escape</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">do not use C escapes in output
(default)</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-E</b>,
<b>--escape</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">use C escapes in output, no
extended chars</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--force-po</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write PO file even if empty</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-i</b>,
<b>--indent</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write the .po file using
indented style</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-location</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">do not write &rsquo;#:
filename:line&rsquo; lines</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-n</b>,
<b>--add-location</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">generate &rsquo;#:
filename:line&rsquo; lines (default)</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--strict</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write out strict Uniforum
conforming .po file</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-p</b>,
<b>--properties-output</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a Java .properties
file</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--stringtable-output</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep
.strings file</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-w</b>,
<b>--width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">set output page width</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-wrap</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">do not break long message
lines, longer than the output page width, into several
lines</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-s</b>,
<b>--sort-output</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">generate sorted output</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-F</b>,
<b>--sort-by-file</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">sort output by file
location</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--omit-header</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">don&rsquo;t write header with
&rsquo;msgid &quot;&quot;&rsquo; entry</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Informative
output: <br>
-h</b>, <b>--help</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">display this help and exit</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-V</b>,
<b>--version</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">output version information and
exit</p>

<h2>AUTHOR
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Written by
Peter Miller.</p>

<h2>REPORTING BUGS
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Report bugs in
the bug tracker at
&lt;https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext&gt; or by
email to &lt;bug-gettext@gnu.org&gt;.</p>

<h2>COPYRIGHT
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright
&copy; 1995-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
&lt;https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html&gt; <br>
This is free software: you are free to change and
redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.</p>

<h2>SEE ALSO
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The full
documentation for <b>msgcomm</b> is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msgcomm</b> programs are
properly installed at your site, the command</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>info
msgcomm</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">should give you
access to the complete manual.</p>
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